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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The High Point: Facebook In 2004, I joined Facebook and my behavior changed drastically. Twitter, Pownce, and other “microblogging&# platforms really don’t fit in the type of social networks that I intend to illustrate here. I had many friends just like that. But how would you count how often you “visit&# Twitter?

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The Facebook” followed in 2004. Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

A national survey of reporters and editors revealed that 89% use blogs for story research, 65% turn to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% utilize microblogging services such as Twitter. 75% of B2B marketers use microblogging tools such as Twitter vs. 49% of B2C marketers. While 28% of U.S. Did You Know?

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In fact, you can validate that by cross checking my user ID, 102991, which should indicate that I’ve been around for a real long time (since February 2004, to be more precise). Dear Facebook, I’ve been your buddy since you were open to a handful of select universities and were called thefacebook.com. Who needed that?

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